Celebrity Dinner Party

If you could invite five famous people to dinner (saving a seat for yourself)... who would you ask?
Bill Clinton - no reason needed
Gail Collins - she's clever
Frank Bruni - I think he's cute
I actually can't think of two more I'd really like right now, I have a hangover

Gael Green
Gail Simmons
Madhur Jaffrey
We're at dinner, we might as well talk about food!

R14, thanks for remembering Cornel West. He would be a fantastic guest!!
I'd love to have Julian Bond come, too. He's been a hero of mine since I was a kid, and I met him last year but didn't tell him so because I didn't want to embarrass him with my carrying on about how wonderful he is.

You'd do better to have John Lewis as your hero rather than Julian. It was John who did the heavy lifting during the movement and even after. Julian was always the pretty one with the elite parents who got more credit than he deserved. Though I am fond of his sister, Jane.

[quote]Richard Engel - Would love to hear about some of his more interesting assignments
Yes, especially the kidnapping.

Cynahia Nixon (former classmate)
Diane Lane (former classmate; cousin's ex-gf)
Michael Rapaport (former classmate/neighbor)
Micahel Learned (ex-sister-in-law)
Kenneth Anger (gay director offered me lead in Lucifer Rising II)
Those the the five most famous people I ever knew on more than a superficial level, so I'd stick to that.

Ray Gordon

Kim Deal
RuPaul
Hillary Clinton
Joss Whedon
Grant Morrison

Let's get some more party lists before the weekend doldrums invade DL again.

Carrie Fisher
Obama
Mark Twain
Benjamin Franklin
Hilter

There are a lot of people on this list who would make fun dinner companions.

Without reading previous replies, mine are-
My two closest friends so I'd someone to talk to about it afterward
Sandra Bullock because I think she is bright and funny
Obama
Olympic gold medalist and doctor Eric Heiden